> But the digits alone read "one-three-four"; in the Roman system they
> read
> "one hundred [c] - thirty [xxx] - four [iv]" - isn't that the point?
>
> Steven Botterill
Con gran' respetto: they do nothing of the sort. They read cxxxiv:
cee ex ex ex eye vee. The human mind has to translate them into
something meaningful, according to several not particularly sensible
conventions.
Incidentally, I am doing the funeral of a Mr Lawrence Botterill
tomorrow - any relation?
Oriens.
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